Month: June 2020

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter H.E.R. debuted a brand new song during her iHeartRadio Living Room concert on Wednesday. The song is titled “I Can’t Breathe,” referring to the last words of both George Floyd and Eric Garner as they died as a result of police brutality. The powerful track is just one of many in a wave
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Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, Salma Hayek and Alejandro G. Iñárritu are among the names who have joined forces to form Sifonóforo, the Audiovisual Emergency Fund, in a response to fund the problems faced by below-the-line film workers in Mexico. According to the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (AMACC), over 30,000 families have
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Sony Interactive’s been tight-lipped about the PlayStation 5, but finally released the first details of the new console during a live-stream on Thursday. Announced at the top of the live-stream, among the first titles for the PS5 will be another installment in the beloved “Spider-Man” series, this time focusing on Miles Morales. Officially titled “Spider-Man:
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“The Surrogate” is the kind of movie you’d expect to be based on a stage play, because it is so entirely driven by well-honed dialogue arguing social issues from nicely detailed if schematically conceived character viewpoints — like something by Donald Margulies, Rebecca Gilman or the pseudononymous Jane Martin. That writer-director Jeremy Hersh’s debut feature
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Kurt Wimmer’s reimagining of “Children of the Corn” has completed its coronavirus-defying shoot in Australia. The filmmakers employed stringent health and safety protocols, and multiple insurance policies. The producers revealed the previously undisclosed cast of young actors, with Elena Kampouris (“Before I Fall”) and Kate Moyer (“When Hope Calls”) starring. They are accompanied by Australian
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Tidal, the streaming platform primarily owned by Jay-Z, is being targeted by a data fraud investigation that was first launched by Norwegian authorities last June, according to Norwegian financial trade Dagens Næringsliv (DN). The formal investigation has been approved by the Norwegian Supreme Court Appeals Committee, according to DN. Tidal’s troubles in Norway begun in
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YouTube announced a multiyear, $100 million fund dedicated to “amplifying and developing the voices of Black creators and artists and their stories,” according to CEO Susan Wojcicki. “At YouTube, we believe Black lives matter and we all need to do more to dismantle systemic racism,” Wojcicki wrote in a blog post. “We’re committed to doing
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BET announced Thursday that it is launching a $25 million campaign titled “Content for Change.” The initiative is being carried out by BET and various corporations, civil rights groups, and social justice organizations with the intent to positively impact social justice outcomes for Black Americans. It will support the creation, distribution, marketing, and promotion of
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Snap is bringing more content to Snapchat users, with a slew of renewals with media partners as well as a slate of more than a dozen new originals and returning short-form shows. The company announced that it has reached multiyear deals with Disney, ESPN, NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS, the NBA and the NFL to expand content they
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Snap took the lid off a number of new products and partnerships for its flagship Snapchat app, alongside new content and originals announcements, at the 2020 Snap Partner Summit. The new tools and partners run across the Snap Kit, Snap Games and Bitmoji ecosystems, and include new Snapchat Camera and augmented-reality features. Snap also introduced
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Joe Biden’s campaign launched a broadside against Facebook on Thursday, urging supporters to sign an open letter that calls on the company to stamp out misinformation. In response, Facebook noted that it faces contrary pressure from the Trump administration not to engage fact-checking, and called on elected officials to resolve the company’s dilemma. “Just as
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Apple has pledged to donate $100 million to organizations furthering racial equity and justice, joining other media and tech companies backing social-justice causes. CEO Tim Cook announced the initiative Thursday on Twitter, a move that comes amid nationwide protests demanding criminal-justice reform after the police killing of George Floyd. “The unfinished work of racial justice
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